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Opening remarks by H.E. Mr Mogens Lykketoft, \u00a0<\/strong>President of the 70th<\/sup> session of the General Assembly, at i<\/strong>nformal meeting of the General Assembly on HIV\/AIDS<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>8<\/strong> April<\/strong> 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Excellencies, distinguished co-facilitators, Deputy Executive Director of UNAIDS, ladies and gentlemen.<\/p>\n

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I welcome you all to this informal meeting of the General Assembly to continue preparations for the upcoming High-level meeting on HIV\/AIDS in June.<\/p>\n

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As mentioned before, the HLM comes at a critical juncture in the global AIDS response.<\/p>\n

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It provides us with an opportunity to accelerate efforts towards ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 \u2013 an incredible vista in its own right.<\/p>\n

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The HLM also offers an opportunity to ground our efforts to end this epidemic in the broader 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and to support progress across several SDGs.<\/p>\n

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I thank all delegations for their continued interest and engagement in the preparatory process.<\/p>\n

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Two days ago, on 6 April, I held a Civil Society Hearing, as mandated by resolution 70\/228.<\/p>\n

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The hearing saw stakeholder partners express their priorities regarding the HLM and its Political Declaration.<\/p>\n

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Discussions were frank, diverse and very informative and I will prepare a full Summary for you in due course.<\/p>\n

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I am however, pleased to report a good alignment between the objectives and priorities of the stakeholder partners and those set out by the Member States in resolution 70\/228, such as the commitment of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030 and to strengthening interlinkages with the SDGs.<\/p>\n

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Partners also set out some of their specific priorities.<\/p>\n

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These included the critical importance of financing, technologies and innovation; the central role of communities and the need to embed the principle of leaving no one behind into our overall approach.<\/p>\n

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Also with regard to stakeholder engagement, delegations will recall that on 30 March, I circulated the list \u2013 of NGOs, civil society organisations, academic institutions and the private sector who applied to attend the High-level meeting in June \u2013 for consideration of Member States on a non-objection basis.<\/p>\n

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Given the important contribution of civil society, private sector and other stakeholders in the AIDS response, and in order to ensure an inclusive and participatory HLM, I call on Member States to extend their full support to stakeholder participation and approve this list as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

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Additionally, for your information, a list of accredited non-governmental organizations with ECOSOC consultative status has also been circulated.<\/p>\n

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Let me now turn to the report of the Secretary-General, an advance version of which was circulated on 4 April.<\/p>\n

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I would like to thank the Secretary-General for an excellent report, which provides detailed information and analysis, and which will serve as the main background document to support the HLM deliberations.<\/p>\n

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I am very happy to have with us today Ms Jan Beagle, Deputy Executive Director of UNAIDS, who will introduce the report in shortly.<\/p>\n

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Finally, I wish to note that there are a number processes and events in the lead up to the HLM that offer valuable opportunities to draw out the inter-linkages between key issues and to build momentum towards the HLM.<\/p>\n

These include in particular the GA Special Session on Drugs and the High-Level Thematic Debate on the SDGs that I will hold on 21 April.<\/p>\n

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To conclude, I wish you the very best in your deliberations and I encourage you to extend your full support to the co-facilitators throughout the process ahead.<\/p>\n

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As I will have to excuse myself shortly, I now hand over to the Co-facilitators who will chair the remainder of the meeting.<\/p>\n

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